Are you looking at ways to cut back on your grocery bill? Are you tired of spending tons of money on healthy and organic food? Are you frustrated with your bill every time you walk out of Whole Foods? If this sounds like you, then you need to make these easy homemade nut butters.
Today I present to you a simple, easy and cost-saving recipe...making your nut butters.
Here are some of amazons price for organic raw nut butters:
- Raw Almond Butter - $11.64 ($1.46/oz) for 8 oz of Living Tree Brand
- Raw Coconut Butter - $13.99 ($1.75/oz) for 8 oz of Artisana Organic Brand
- Raw Cashew Butter - $14.24 ($1.02/oz) for 14 oz of Artisana Organic Brand
And here are some prices from amazon of raw organic nuts:
- Raw Almonds - 12.99 for 48 oz ($0.26/oz)
- Raw Shredded Coconut, Unsweetened - $14.79 for 32 oz ($0.49/oz)
- Raw Cashews - $33.24 for 5 lbs ($0.42/oz)
Ready for some math?
If you were to make the same butters at home, the cost would be:
- Raw Almond Butter - $2.08 for 8 oz (as opposed to $11.64)
- Raw Coconut Butter - $3.92 for 8 oz (as opposed to $13.99)
- Raw Cashew Butter - $5.88 for 14 oz (as opposed to $14.24)
Now if that isn't enough of a reason to make your nut butters at home, maybe the following reasons will help convince you.
Why should you make these Easy Homemade Nut Butters
- much tastier as the nuts are freshly ground.
- you now control the ingredients and know 100% what your butter consists of
- the oil stays incorporated in the butter and therefore does not need to be stirred in. If you leave your nut butters for an extended period of time (mine never lasts that long so I can't tell you exactly how long), the oil will eventually separate.
- you can customize the butters to your tastes
- less carbon footprint
- less plastic and jars to recycle
- SUPER DUPER EASY TO DO!!!!!
What do you need to make Easy Homemade Nut Butters?
- Food processor
- Nuts or seeds
- Any additional flavouring such as honey, cinnamon, vanilla, salt, sugar etc.
How to make Easy Homemade Nut Butters?
First, decide which type of butter you want to make. For this post, I decided to make coconut butter as well as a mixed nut and seed butter.
For the coconut butter, take at least 3 cups of unsweetened coconut flakes and place in the bowl of a food processor.
Since I have been making my nut butters for quite some time, I no longer measure out the number of nuts or coconut flakes. Just make sure that you have enough in the container or else you will be spending a lot of time scraping down the sides.
Here is the coconut butter after about 5-7 minutes of being processed.
As for nut and seed butters, I usually add a combination of whatever I have on hand.
For this variety, I used a combination of pumpkin and sunflower seeds along with some almonds, walnuts, cashews and tossed in some macadamia nuts that I had leftover.
After 5 minutes, this is what I ended up with:
Whatever combination you pick, you will never return to expensive store-bought nut butters again!
If you like this Easy Homemade Nut Butters recipe, you will love the following:
- Salted Peanut Butter Fruit Dip (Keto)
- Peanut Butter Fudge (Dairy-Free, Keto)
- Quick and Easy Deconstructed Almond Joy Bars (Gluten-Free, Whole30)
- Protein-Packed Cashew Cookie Balls (Gluten-Free)
- Copycat Payday Candy Bars (Keto, Gluten-Free)
- Easy Keto Chocolate Peanut Bars (A.K.A. Copycat Oh Henry! Bars)
- Peanut Caramel Chocolate Bars (Keto, Low Carb, Gluten-Free)
Easy Homemade Nut Butter (Keto, Whole30, Paleo)
Making delicious nut butters at home couldn't be any easier. From coconut, almond, macadamia, cashew and walnut, making them at home is so much cheaper and tastier than buying them at the store.
- Total Time: 6 minutes
- Yield: 16 tbsp 1x
Ingredients
- 3-4 cups unsweetened coconut flakes (or any nuts or seeds of choice)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla (optional)
- stevia, cinnamon, sugar, honey...etc. (optional)
Instructions
- Place your ingredients in the bowl of a food processor (mine is an 8 cup processor).
- Turn on your food processor and let it run anywhere from 5-10 minutes depending on what ingredients you use, scrapping down the sides every 3 minutes.
- Turn off the food processor when the desired consistency has been achieved. Store butter in an air tight container and store on the shelf for 2-3 weeks. If not planning on using all the butter, transfer some to a container and place in the freezer. When ready to use, simply remove the container from the freezer and allow it to come to room temperature. If you are in a hurry, simply place sealed butter in a large bowl of hot water until it melts.
Notes
- If you have a very large food processore, you may need to add more nuts, seeds or coconut to the container and vice versa if your food processor is smaller.
- Be patient! At first, it does not look like right but eventually the nuts, seeds and coconut break down to form the butter.
- Prep Time: 1 minutes
- Category: Sides
- Cuisine: Whole30, Keto, Gluten Free, Dairy Free
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tbsp
- Calories: 100
- Sugar: 1 g
- Fat: 9 g
- Carbohydrates: 3 g
- Fiber: 1.5 g
- Protein: 3.5 g
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